Much has been said both by national and international commentators about the risks and dangers of the party's closure, ranging from an end to Turkey's EU goal, the eruption of violence in the country and economic bankruptcy to a tarnished image. With the court ruling, Turkey has avoided all these troubles, leading many to term this a victory for Turkish democracy. A general consensus has arisen over Turkey needing to gear up to make up for wasted time.Milliyet's Hasan Cemal, expressing contentment over the court ruling, says it is now Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's turn to learn the necessary lessons from this process and ease the political polarization and fragmentation which has been surrounding Turkey for a year. "These lessons are related with the principle of secularism," he notes. Cemal says Erdoğan should take some concrete steps to ease the concerns of some segments of society about secularism and make up for time lost over the past one year. "Yes, esteemed prime minister, it is your turn now," says Cemal.
Hürriyet's Ertuğrul Özkök says the most promising aspect of the court's ruling on the AK Party is that there is a functioning democracy and an independent judiciary in Turkey. "When we add a mentality free from arbitrariness, favoritism and which has internalized pluralism, we can say the way before Turkey is wide open," remarks Özkök.
Mustafa Ünal from Zaman thinks the court ruling marks a turning point for Turkey's normalization, removing the long-standing uncertainty over the country. In his view, party closures have never been the solution in Turkey. Hence, Turkey has gotten rid of the shame of party closures with the court's rejection of the AK Party closure case.
Akşam's İsmail Küçükkaya interprets the top court's ruling as evidence of Turkey's strengthening democracy. He acknowledges that Turkey lost much energy during the closure case process; however, the important thing for it to do now is to gain experience from this case and build the future. "There are certain sensitive nerves in Turkey. Now, the ball is in the prime minister's court. Turkey has expectations from him. He is not only the prime minister of the AK Party, but the prime minister of all of Turkey. We have to turn this ruling into a gain not solely for the AK Party, but for Turkish democracy," suggests Küçükkaya.
Star's Mehmet Altan does not glorify the court's decision because he says if Turkey had been a country governed by the rule of law, such a case would not have even been filed and shrewd formulas would not have been resorted to in order to file this case. "Before the court announced its decision, we would have taken universal law into consideration, not formulas we read about in newspapers. The court ruling has relieved all but it showed how easily we can go backward at any time. It ended up wearing down the government in a case which should not have been filed in the first place," Altan says.
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